Eric G. Forster

EDUCATION:
 Pepperdine University Graziano Graduate School of Business, MBA
 (Thesis: The economics of enterprise IT conversion)
 Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management
 (Graduate Certificate in Economics and business strategies)
 Columbia University - Albert List College (JTS) TD, Baccalaureate

CERTIFICATIONS:
MAFF - Certified Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (NACVA)

ADR:
 Harvard Law School (PON), Advanced training in negotiations
 University of London (City Law School), Post-graduate certificate in international trade arbitration
 American Arbitration Association, Arbitration I and II
 UCLA , Advanced mediation training
 Graduate Theological Foundation, D. Med., Mediation ethics doctorate

Mortgages and real estate finance.
Real Estate industry standards and practices.
Lenders/Borrowers standards and practices.
Plaintiff and Defense strategies concerning breach of contract and/or fraud.
Mortgage fraud litigation.
Credit underwriting (commercial & residential loans)
Brokers' malpractice issues; conflicts of interest
Title insurance coverage, exclusions and claims
Escrow standards and practices
Commission compensation issues
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac credit score & automated underwriting issues.
Real estate damage calculations.
Property analysis for bankruptcies

Eric Forster provides expert counsel for companies involved in litigation, economic losses or regulation disputes in the real estate/mortgages arena. His primary areas of expertise include risk management, market analysis, damage calculations, and brokers’ standards of care and practices. Eric has extensive experience in providing testimony at regulatory proceedings, trials, and depositions. Over the course of his career, he presented expert testimony in legal matters involving lending institutions, real estate firms and numerous federal cases involving TILA and RESPA violations.

Eric Forster has served as Principal of Forster Realty Advisors since 1997, following a career in the mortgage/real estate industry. His tenure in the consulting industry includes providing consultation to clients on realty standards and practices, customer standards of care and market analysis. His training in forensic economics has been used in bankruptcy cases, as well as the determination of damages in commercial and residential real estate losses. He has held a California real estate license since 1981 and a Freddie Mac Underwriter registration since 1994.

He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, which has been augmented by a certificate in economics for Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Business, and by a certification (MAFF) in forensic economics. Undergraduate work was taken through the joint program of Columbia University (NY) and the Albert List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he majored in History.

Affiliated with many professional organizations, Mr. Forster has chaired various subcommittees of the American Bar Association, and is a past member of a regulatory committee of the State Bar of California.